Nature reserve · Nebraska
Sandpiper State Wildlife Management Area
Sandpiper State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 505 m. The nearest named place is Weis Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 24 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.49968, -97.71453
- 24.2 mi off the Heritage Highway
84 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 39
- Weis Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
- Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 3.9 mi
- Krause Lagoon National Waterfowl Production Area: 4.6 mi
- Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 4.7 mi
- Rauscher Lagoon National Waterfowl Production Area: 6.5 mi
Parks: 33
- Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery Historical Marker: 7.1 mi
- Sutton City Park: 10.7 mi
- Moger Lagoon National Wildlife Mgt Area: 14.5 mi
- Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 14.6 mi
- Meadowlark Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 15.0 mi
Museums: 4
- Fillmore County Museum: 11.6 mi
- Thayer County Museum: 18.8 mi
- Tobias Community Historical Museum: 20.7 mi
- Heritage Room Museum: 20.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Bruning Army Airfield: 18.3 mi
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 18.8 mi
- Frager Field: 19.2 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- York Rest Area Eastbound: 22.5 mi
- York Rest Area Westbound: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Sawyer: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 1
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 23.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:24 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva, 7 mi away.
- purple crownvetch1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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